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More info?)
I see your point. I guess that without Show Sharing and Commercial
Advance there isn't much to distinguish them from Tivo.
From:MegaZone
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> "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> shaped the electrons to say:
>> What makes you think that that might happen? They currently have the
>> 5500 series and haven't indicated that they are done.
>
> That's kind of it - the 5000/5500 is getting a bit long in the tooth,
> the design is two years old with no changes. Normally HW gets are
> least a manufacturing spin to save costs and use newer, and cheaper,
> components in that kind of time span. Over the same period TiVo has
> done at least two refreshes on the basic Series2 design, including the
> recent jump from 2* (black) to 5* (silver) boxes - which is a
> basically all new physical box, inside and out. Not to mention the
> DVD and DVD-RW units, and the DirecTV HDTV unit. DNNA took over in
> May 2003 - since then there has been no new RTV HW and very little
> change to the SW. Also no new licensees, and previously talked about
> development efforts, like integrated DVD units, thin clients for
> streaming, etc, were dropped.
>
> DNNA has indicated they are willing to let the standalone PVR products
> wither. When they took over they dropped work on things like MP3
> support and USB WiFi adapter support, and they also dropped any work
> on HW updates to the products. They've also failed to expand their
> retail presence, or do any noticable marketing for ReplayTV since last
> holiday season.
>
> Instead DNNA is focusing on the integrated media server market. It is
> a smaller market, but the margins are much larger. You're talking
> about units that sell for several thousand dollars. They already have
> products that integrate CD, DVD, and digital music playback under
> Escient. Many RTV engineers were moved to Escient to integrate PVR
> functionality in their products as well. Products will also appear as
> Denon and Marantz units. Such as the Denon NS-S100 shown at CES2004:
> http
/www.g4techtv.com/freshgear/features/46850/Best_of_CES_2004_Winner_Best_of_Show.html?
>
> Take a look at the press releases from DNNA relating to RTV. So far
> there has been *one* for all of 2004 - announcing a rebate program in
> July. Since DNNA took over there have only been 4 releases.
>
> DNNA is an upscale company, the standalone PVR market just isn't what
> they're after. And it is starting to get crowded, with cable box DVRs
> spreading. Even TiVo has said the future is in multi-purpose,
> integrated systems like DVD recorders and in providing more than just
> PVR functionality - which is why they bought Strangeberry.
>
> DNNA will probably keep selling 5500 series ReplayTV units as long as
> they make money on them. But it doesn't look like there will be a
> follow-on.
>
> -MZ, RHCE #806199299900541, ex-CISSP #3762
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